The Rope

Sci Fi - Romance

A young woman wakes up on a sidewalk. She can't move, tied by a rope back to back to a man whom she can't see. The man wakes up, stands, and begins dragging her along. As the journey continues the woman becomes more and more in control of her destiny.

The Rope: A film by Philippe André

Productions Villains / Los Angeles - Bikini Films / London

She : Natasha Wightman

Man : Brett Goldstein.

and : Chris Donelly, Peter Charlton, Olegar Fedora, Ricci Ricard, Daniel Josef Janowski, Thomas Garvey

Music : Max Richter loved the film and authorized me to use The Blue Notebooks for the first time.

35 mm B&W.

10mn.

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Awards

Best Narrative short film & Grand Jury Prize at The One Reel / Seattle International Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival / Short Film Corner

The Los Angeles International Short Film Festival Official Selection
The New York City Big Apple Film Festival Official Selection
The San Francisco Independent Film Festival Official Selection
The 13th Raindance Film Festival Official Selection
The Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films Official Selection
The Portobello Film Festival Official Selection
The Louis Vuitton Hawaii Film Festival Official Selection
Paris Tout Court-International Short Film Festival Official Selection
The Sarasota Film Festival Official Selection
The Newport Film Festival Official Selection
The Palm Spring Film Festival Official Selection
One Reel Film Festival Official Selection
The San Diego Film Festival Official Selection

Screened at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood for the MVPA 8th Annual Director’s Cuts Festival
Screened at SUDLAB Arte Contemporanea 2010.

Storyboard by Fabien Ouvrard

Press

Promo magazine  «Philippe André short film opens with a striking black and white close up (…) It’s a tense, with a surprising and controversial ending» 

Blog Philosophy – Harry Staut – Sens Uniques - Unique Senses

« Je mets ici en tension le court métrage de Philippe André, intitulé « The Rope » et un extrait de « l’Etre et le Néant« , de Sartre. (lien)

« I am bringing out here Philippe André's short film, entitled "The Rope" and an excerpt from "Being and Nothingness" by Jean Paul Sartre. (link)

Seattle International Film Festival Winner 1 Reel Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short Film

Awards Best Narrative Short Film - Grand Jury Prize.

SIFF Award We are very pleased indeed that THE ROPE has been selected to receive the 1 Reel Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short Film.

Palm Springs The film is playing as a part of … Intimate revolutions.

Paris tout court Short Film Corner - Festival de Cannes